Thoughts on Men's Fashion: part deux

Considering 97% of my readers are female, I was floored by the positive response to the post on men's fashion I wrote a couple weeks ago. Maybe it was the title, "Always dress like you're going to run into your ex" that people liked. Maybe it was the abundance of eye candy. Maybe it was the glimmer of hope that your husbands, boyfriends, and brothers could and would one day buy a cowl-neck sweater or a cardigan instead of the navy crewneck from Costco. Either way, I'm taking another stab at it! You only have yourselves to thank (or blame).

Have any of you seen Friends with Benefits? My roommate and I watched it a few days ago, and despite the plethora of scenes with a shirtless and toned Timberlake, I was more drawn to the scenes when he was fully clothed running around Manhattan with his obnoxiously cool co-star. And it all comes down to one little accessory. The tie clip. The man wears one in almost every scene, and I looooove a good tie clip.

It really wasn't much of a surprise since his character was the new art director of GQ, and you can't open an issue of that magazine without seeing at least one male celeb sporting the tiny accessory.

You can literally put a guy in a white shirt and any color tie, add a tie clip and bam. He is automatically a fashionable dude. It's like Hogwarts magic that something so small can make such a big impact.

Or you can take an already stylish gent who knows to pair his plaid shirt with a herringbone sportcoat, adds a textured tie and a sterling silver clip, and then we're reeeeally talking. But that takes time. Baby steps. For now, let's just start by getting the men in your life a clip. After all, Valentine's Day is coming up! On second thought, you might want to throw something lacy into that gift box, as well...